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| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| Editing (text) |
| Gather (crops) |
| Would you like to see ___?" (waiter's question) |
| ___ Pet (kitschy plant) |
| First word across in the first-ever crossword (1913) and the first of a dozen appearances of the word in this puzzle's grid, written word search-style (left, right, down, and diagonally) ... Can you f |
| Nagging (husband) |
| Questions idiot describing kindergarten (4) |
| Expel (barrister) |
| Animated character who graduated from CalTech (Calcutta Technical Institute) and Springfield Heights Institute of Technology (SHIT) |
| A check inside? (Abbr.) |
| All ___!" (courtroom phrase) |
| Long-lasting (illness) |
| Aid Hal (anag) — flower with showy heads |
| Wind (prefix) |
| What's your ___?" ("When is your flight supposed to land?"): Abbr. |
| Food additive (abbr.) |
| Equal (prefix) |
| American __" (performer's TV showcase) |
| Arguing (with) |
| #1 song between Phil Collins's "Groovy Kind of Love" and The Escape Club's "Wild Wild West" (1988 wasn't good for music, apparently) |
| Former Egypt-Syria alliance (Abbr.) |
| ___ stage (Freudian notion) |
| Work (dough) |
| Reality show about folk-dancing homemakers (with "The") |
| Computer pioneer Lovelace (woo-hoo, women in tech!) |
| ___ the world (asleep) |
| ___ Air (L.A. community) |
| ___-loading (marathoner's tactic) |